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CCP: Quit screwing with the scanning mechanics. Just stop it. It's ******* annoying.

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Kern Hotha
#41 - 2011-11-08 02:01:58 UTC
Scanning is so easy and quick now compared to what it used to be that I don't understand the original poster's complaint.

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Aggressive Nutmeg
#42 - 2011-11-08 02:19:05 UTC
I think the OP needs a probing.

Get your technique right and practice. Soon you''ll be doing it without even thinking. Like riding a bike.

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Aargolos
Estrale Frontiers
#43 - 2011-11-08 02:24:34 UTC
I probe almost daily with 5 probes and decent skills, no problem whatsoever. It USED to be rather ****, now it's almost convenient.
Sri Nova
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#44 - 2011-11-08 03:29:50 UTC
Scrapyard Bob wrote:


Under the old system - you could run into trouble if:

- Your probes were too close together
- They were on the same XYZ plane as another probe

(Think "interference patterns".)

So when we'd run into trouble in the old days, we'd wiggle a few of the probes up/down to get them off the same exactly Z level as the other probes. Which generally fixed the interference issues. But I'm not sure whether that game mechanic still exists.


im not sure . i have yet to seen a explanation for disappearing results . scan something down to 4 au its still there

scan down to 2 au its still there, drop down to .5 ... gone , come back to 1, gone ... come back to 2, gone ... wtf ..

go back to 4 there it is .. reposition there it is . repeat and watch it disappear again . recall probes go back to approximate area and scan down the result with no problem ..

as for the <99% results i see few peeps a month in exploration channel beating their heads aginst a wall trying to scan down what ever to no avail . its rare and it maybe PEBKAC but its something in the way the user is utilizing the probing system thats causing the issue .

align the probes in tetrahedron, octagon, irregular object, or the big dipper. i have seen enough weirdness to know that sometimes centering the probes around the object does not always give you 100% . i especially love how the irregular objects at certain times and alignments will give 100% at 4 au . but the same object will need to be scanned all the way down to .5 au if you use a popular pattern .

but regardless you have to really be spamming down sites/objects to come across this . the scan do a mission scan do a mission probably wont turn it up .

if you really want to see weirdness try and scan down all the pos in a system you will then see a great deal of flakiness .
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